Mark Scott
John Wiley, £17.99
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Peter Sammons
Gower Publishing, £150
Rating: 4/5
British business travel buyers are paying substantially more than their European counterparts for the same trips, a survey has revealed. The UK is the most expensive country in Europe to fly from on European and North American routes, according to American Express’s European Corporate Travel Index.
Almost half of the government’s £50 million fund for helping small businesses to cope with the climate change levy will be spent on research into renewable energy, according to government sources.
Companies that are environmentally proactive are noticing improvements in their competitive position and profitability, according to a new report. Business and the Environment from the Management Consultancies’ Association, examined how the government, businesses and consumers draw up green policies. For more information, visit www.mca.org.uk.
A final report submitted to the government by the Cowboy Builders Working Group calls for a voluntary nationwide register of “‘quality-marked” builders, to be backed up by a mandatory warranty covering all work.
Britain’s manufacturing sector still has a long way to go before it becomes truly competitive, argues Alec Daly
I enjoyed reading this interesting and well written book. Rebecca Saunders addresses the subject on everyone’s lips at the moment - electronic commerce. E-commerce has and will continue to radically change the purchasing profession and purchasers are going to have to adapt to maximise the technological revolution that many have compared with the industrial revolution.
Business in the Environment
Business in the Community, £250+vat
Rating: 4/5
Not so long ago, an accusation that one was not living in the real world could be taken as criticism and a prediction of failure. Now, it seems, we all need to be logging into the virtual world if we want business success.